How Michael Coleman could have said what he wanted to say about Darkies and Muslims without causing alarm, harassment and distress

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-Trent-BNP-leader-Michael-Coleman-guilty/story-16839343-detail/story.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_codes


The IC codes are:

IC1 – White person, northern European type
IC2 – Mediterranean European/Hispanic
IC3 – African/Afro-Caribbean person
IC4 – Indian, Pakistani, Nepalese, Maldivian, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, or any other (South) Asian person
IC5 – Chinese, Japanese, or South-East Asian person
IC6 – Arab person

"he said the riots were a perfect example of ‘the difference in personality, perceptions and values of people of the darker races and ourselves’."

"The riots were a perfect example of the difference in personality, perceptions and values of the non-IC1 races."

There. That doesn't sound quite so terrible now, does it?

"he accused Stoke-on-Trent City Council of ‘flooding this city with Muslims and blacks, a complete population replacement programme. Darkies in, whites out’."

"The City Council is flooding this city with IC3s and IC4s, a complete population replacement programme. Non-IC1s in, IC1s out."

That sounds really quite innocuous now, doesn't it?

Michael Coleman of the BNP should appeal against his conviction on the ground that there was an error of law

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Stoke-Trent-BNP-leader-Michael-Coleman-guilty/story-16839343-detail/story.html

http://www.potteye.co.uk/jury-find-bnp-sot-leadermichael-coleman-guilty/

When Labour Councillor Joy Garner reported Michael Coleman's blog to the police for causing her alarm, harassment and distress, prohibited by s 4A of the Public Order Act, was this woman in a public place?

Were any of those people who brought his blog to her attention in a public place when they read his blog?

Can one feel threatened, harassed, alarmed and distressed on the behalves of the people one is hoping to solicit votes form?

If so, is this good law?

If the people who drew his blog to her attention were just sitting in their homes and offices (and therefore not in a public place) in front of their computers while reading his blog, they were not in a public place, were they?

If they were not in a public place, then how could the Public Order Act (which applies only to public places) ever apply to this alleged offence?